Coke-quenching car platform



May 21, 1929. s. D. WRIGHT 1,713,730

COKE QUENCHING CAR PLATFORM Filed May 11 1925 l/[ I I@ L an M11 M a? 5%66, T aM Patented May 21, 1929.

SAMSON D. WEIGHT, 032' CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIG.

COKE-QUENCI-IING GAE PLATFORM.

Application filed May 11,

This invention relates to improvements in coke-quenching car structures.

As is well known to those familiar with coke ovens, there extends alongin front of a battery of coke ovens a coke bench at approximately thelevel of the bottom of the ovens and at approximately the level of thetop of the coke-quenching car on the track below the bench. Stepslocated at certain points along the bench, lead down to the track.

lVith this old arrangement, considerable time has been lost andinconvenience suffered due to the necessity of the workmen walking alongthe bench to the steps in order to get down to the level of the track.Since these steps occur only at certain intervals along the bench, it isnecessary at times for the workmen to walk practically half the distancebetween two Stairways, which means inconvenience and loss of time.Likewise, the same inconvenience suffered by the workmen when theydesire to get from the coke bench to the cab of the electrio locomotiveon the track. 7

t is, therefore, the object of the present invention to provide a meansin conjunction with the coke-qnenching car by which the descent of theworkmen from the coke bench to the track level is greatly facilitatedboth in point of time saved and convenience.

Another object is to provide means whereby workmen may readily get fromthe coke bench to the cab of the electric locomotive without theinconvenience and loss of time which they must experience according tothe old practice.

More specifically, it is the object of the present invention to providea compact platform structure extendiijig across the on '1 top of thecoke-quenching car and arran ed at one end thereof, together withauxiliary platform, steps and ladder, whereby the workmen may have readyaccess from the coke bench either to the track level or to the cab ofthe electric locomotive.

Another object is to provide such a structure which will at the sametime afford stutable and convenient storage space for a wheelbarrow orthe like which may be used by the workmen.

Fig. 1 represents graphically a battery of coke ovens and indicates in ageneral way the steps occurring at intervals along the coke bench,together with the applicants present improved device; Fig. 2 shows the1925. Serial No. 29,486.

same in end. elevation; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of my improvedplatform structure on a coke-quenching car.

As above referred to in a general way, the battery of coke ovens whichis here indicated graphically by reference numeral 1, has the coke bench2 extending along the front thereof at sul'istantially the same level asthe bottom of the ovens. The track, indicated by reference numeral 3, isat a lower level and is reached by the operator, accord.- ing to the oldpractice, by means of the stairways l which a re spaced along the trackat certain intervals.

According to my present invention, the coke-quenchin car 5, is providedwith a platform 6 extending across the open top thereof from side toside and at one end thereof. Depending from the one end of this platformand down along the one side of the car is the ladder 7 which leads tothe track level and by which the workmen may easily descend from theplatform 6, the platform 6 being open at its other end and havingsubstantially the same level as the coke bench 2 so that the workmen mayeasily step from one to the other. The railing 8 is provided along twosides of the platform 6 and across the entire width of the car so as torender the same safe for the workmen.

Leading down from the platform 6 and at one end of the car I haveprovided the steps 9 which lead to the auxiliary platform 10 having alevel corresponding substantially to that of the floor of the cab 11 ofthe electric locomotive which is here indicated only in a general way.The railing 12 is provided for the steps 9 and the auxiliary platform 10and joins the railing 8 so as to facilitate the workmens passage betweenthe platform 6 and the platform 10.

With the above described structure it will be seen that the workmenreadily step from the coke bench onto the platform 6 without having towalk along the bench to the stairway l and may descend from the platform6 to the track level by means of the ladder 7 or may descend to theplatform 10 by means of the steps 9 and thence into the cab of thelocomotive.

Thus I have devised a structure which means a considerable saving intime and affords greater convenience to the workmen in moving from thecoke bench to the track level or to the locomotive cab and vice versa.

This platform structure also affords a means of storing a Wheelbarrow orany other such implement Which might be used by the Work-.

men around the coke ovens.

WVhat I claim is: 1. In a coke-quenching car structure, the

combination of a car body having an open and below the top thereof,steps between said platforms, and railing provided along said platformsand steps.

3. In a coke-quenching car structure, the

combination of a car body, a platform extending across the top and atone end thereof, a platform at one end of said car body and ate. levelcorresponding substantially to that of the cab of a locomotive, andsteps between said platforms.

4. In a coke-quenching car structure, the combination ofa car body, aplatform provided thereon at a level corresponding substantially to thatof the bench of abattery of coke ovens, and leading to said bench,andsteps at the end of said car body leading from said platform to alevel corresponding substantially to that of the cab of a locomotive. V

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature.

SAMSON D. WRIGHT.

